Unubahe language

Unubahe
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province
Native speakers
7 fluent (2001 survey)[1]
59 total with any ability (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 unu
Glottolog unub1234[2]

Unubahe (Unuba'e) is a nearly extinct Oceanic language spoken at the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. Although a few children speak it, in 2001 there was only one married couple who both spoke the language.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rueck, Michael. 2001. Unubahe: A nearly extinct language (ms)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Unubahe". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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